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National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2025 Meeting Summary
Download the meeting summary PDF here. The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of attorneys recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2025 National Meeting which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. We have prepared a summary of the open sessions…
FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Reporting No Longer Required For All U.S. Companies
March 24, 2025
by Craig R. Cockrell
After months of uncertainty regarding enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new rules that permanently remove the BOI requirement for all U.S. companies and…
Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks – February 26 Meeting
February 24, 2025
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks meets monthly…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment/Order Addressing Arlington Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
February 19, 2025
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a December 31, 2024, Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to Chemical Waste Management of the Northwest, Inc. (“Chemical Waste”) addressing alleged violations of the hazardous waste regulations. See Case No…
California's Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS) Allows FAIR Plan Assessment Recoupment
February 18, 2025
by Jerry Zimmerman
The devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles region earlier this year have caused enormous financial strain on recovery mechanisms, such as the state insurer of last resort - the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan. The FAIR Plan recently announced a $1billion dollar…
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Blog
Water Risk and Resilience Organization: Congressman Rick Crawford (Arkansas) Introduces Legislation to Address Risk/Resilience Requirements for the Water Sector
Congressman Rick Crawford of Arkansas’ First District introduced H.R. 2594 which is titled: Establishment of the Water Risk and Resilience Organization. The Bill would establish a Water Risk and Resilience Organization to develop risk and resilience requirements for the water sector. The…
Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Greenville Building Components Manufacturer Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and USG Interiors, LLC (“USG”) entered into a March 14th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Order No. 7466 25. USG operates a Greenville, Mississippi building components manufacturing facility. The…
Hazardous Waste Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Tracy, California Glass Container Manufacturing Facility Enter into Consent Agreement
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (“OB”) entered into an April 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) hazardous waste regulations. See Docket No…
American Public Power Association Safety Award of Excellence: Benton Utilities (Benton, Arkansas) Listed
The American Public Power Association (“APPA”) announced that 202 utilities earned its Safety Award of Excellence (“Award”) for safe operating practices in 2024. Utilities from across the United States are stated to have entered the Award competition and placed in categories according to their…
Implementation of Section 45Z/Clean Fuels Production Credit: Energy Marketers of America Comments on Internal Revenue Service's Notice of Intent to Propose Regulations
The Energy Marketers of America (formerly, Petroleum Marketers Association of America) (“EMA”) submitted April 10th comments to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) addressing its: …notice of intent to propose regulations (forthcoming regulations) implementing the clean fuels production income tax…